Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This last question in particular has created a furor. Protestant churches have argued that the eggs should not be artificially maintained, but thawed and allowed to die naturally. Australian right-to-life groups, the Roman Catholic Church and some Orthodox Jewish leaders have protested that this would violate the sanctity...
Like many mainline Protestant groups, the Presbyterians are rich ($1.2 bil lion in contributions last year) but have been suffering from a slippage in membership. Since 1968, the rolls have shrunk by 1 million, with a decrease of 35,000 last year. The 278-year-old U.S. church is troubled...
John Paul's presence at Opus ordinations is only one of many signs of his approval. The Pope's first formal audience in 1984 was with Del Portillo, 70, the prelate of Opus. John Paul's first pastoral visit this year was to an Opus center in...
Jailing Moon in June? When the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was convicted of filing false income tax returns in 1982, he was among the most criticized and reviled religious leaders in America. Nonetheless, a variety of national religious groups, ranging from liberal Protestant to fundamentalist, joined in to give moral...
But communities here have been clashing ever since the Irish immigrants challenged Yankee hegemony in this most Protestant of cities. But don't mention that; it could get in the way of plans for Boston's grand future. In the high stakes of development politics, lots of concerned committees and...